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They sure didn’t like it when the Germans and Japanese were going around sinking U.S. flagged vessels in the 1940s.
by bigfatkitten 10mo ago
They sure didn’t like it when the Germans and Japanese were going around sinking U.S. flagged vessels in the 1940s.
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